In early 2016, UK Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy, Ed Vaizey announced a new interdisciplinary Research Hub to drive forward research in the Internet of Things (IoT) space.

Canadian Hexoskin (Carré Technologies) has been awarded a contract from the Canadian Space Agency to develop the On Astronaut Wireless Sensor System (OAWSS).

In a recent risk report, cyber attacks were ranked as a major concern by US and European business leaders.

A team led by Princeton computer scientist Andrew Appelaims to exterminate software bugs aided by a US$10 million five-year grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).